ACCA Exam Technique Check

Apply only the relevant reporting principle, explain the judgement and connect the reporting effect to the stakeholder.

Your real exam

Four compulsory questions: 30, 20, 25 and 25 marks

Time: 195 min
Pass mark: 50%

Section A · 50 marksone 30-mark and one 20-mark question

Section B · 50 markstwo 25-mark questions

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Requirement control

Decode this exam’s requirement, then climb the full ACCA verb ladder.

Time control

Budget this exam’s real blocks. Reading, planning and checking stay inside each ceiling.

Time control

SBR gives 195 minutes for 100 marks. Four compulsory questions: 30, 20, 25 and 25 marks.

Calculate the control figures. Enter minutes; decimals are accepted.

1.Average minutes per mark
min
2.Ceiling for 30-mark question 1
min
3.Ceiling for 25-mark Section B question
min

Enter an answer for every line — a blank earns nothing in the exam either.

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Mark construction

Pick the three actions that turn knowledge into visible, relevant marks.

Mark construction

SBR answers lose marks when they reproduce everything remembered about a standard instead of applying the relevant slice.

Which three actions would protect marks? (pick 3)

Pick exactly 3.

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CBE execution

Place each action where it belongs. Tap or use the keyboard if you prefer.

CBE execution

SBR CBE control board

Task 1 — Requirement-led reading.
Task 2 — Marker-visible response.
Task 3 — Priority review.

Exhibits

Drag each item into a zone, or select an item and then select its zone. Keyboard: Tab to an item and press Enter to select it, then Tab to a zone and press Enter to place it.

Items

Drop items here

Place every exhibit — including the decoy, which belongs in “Not needed”.

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Attempt and recovery

Choose the move that protects the whole exam when one item consumes too much time.

Attempt and recovery

You have reached the stopping time for a SBR requirement. One sub-part is unfinished and compulsory marks remain.

What is the best exam action now?

Pick an answer first.

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Mock debrief

A mock improves technique only when the result changes what you practise next.

Mock debrief

Your timed SBR mock scored 46%. You knew much of the content, but misread two requirements and overran the Section A question 1 by 18 minutes.

Which follow-up is most likely to improve the next attempt?

Pick an answer first.

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Professional skills

Spot the three behaviours that can earn SBR professional-skills marks through the technical response.

Professional skills

SBR has 4 professional-skills marks, two in question 2 and two in question 4. Select the three mark-worthy behaviours.

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How many marks are your exam habits costing you?

SBR · Strategic Business Reporting technique check

Four compulsory questions: 30, 20, 25 and 25 marks

Requirement control

1. What does EVALUATE control here?

2. IDENTIFY → DESCRIBE: what changes?

3. EXPLAIN → ANALYSE: what changes?

4. ASSESS → EVALUATE: what changes?

5. DISCUSS → RECOMMEND: what changes?

6. ADVISE → JUSTIFY: what does each buy?

7. CRITICALLY EVALUATE: what earns the added depth?

Time control

Mark construction

CBE execution

Items

Attempt and recovery

Mock debrief

Professional skills

SBR Professional Skills Hub

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